Vivien Leigh: The Last Sitting

Four original Angus McBean portraits from the last sitting he did with Vivien Leigh in 1965. They’re all signed and dated, and I only recall one of them from the book Vivien: A Love Affair in Camera. The others are new to me. As you know, McBean was Vivien’s “official” photographer and snapped her numerous times throughout her career for the stage and general fashion shots. I purchased this set today from a very nice collector here in London who has worked on several famous documentaries, including the Emmy-winning Laurence Olivier: A Life. Aren’t they fantastic? The detail is so sharp when looking at them in person and you can tell where touch-ups were made. These are real treasures, I’m so happy and honored to add them to my collection!

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are these photographs available anywhere in a downloadable high resolution format? i wish i could see all the details. they’re really beautyful. would you like post your complete collection maybe in the future? i’m sure a lot of us were glad to see it;)

No, they aren’t, sorry. I used to have most of my collection in picture form on the site a few years ago, but decided to take it down. However, many of my magazines and photos can be found in the site gallery, nd clicking on the “collecta-belle” tag will take you to some entries about my favorite items. :) Also, I was recently features over at Clara’s If I Had To Pick 4 series.

I’m a little confused,the photo’s you have acquired are dated 1965.The last shots McBean took of Vivien were those for A ‘Delicate Balance’ just a few weeks before her death a couple of years later.Do you think he might have confused the dates or are these from an altogther different sitting??…